European Championships in 2018 is a complete success

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A lot of spectators, huge media echo, good mood: The Multi-EM from seven sports, including athletics, Swimming and Cycling, your goals. However, there is room for improvement.

The makers may be behind the Multiple European championship in Berlin and Glasgow, the Swiss, Marc Jörg, and the Briton Paul Bristow, satisfied. The aim of the dominance of football started to oppose something. They wanted to create more media attention and attract more viewers for athletes, cyclists, gymnasts, swimmers, and co. have succeeded them, both live and in the sports facilities, as well as in front of the television devices.

Around to 4.70 and 4.45 million viewers on Friday and Saturday the competitions in the ARD and the ZDF. Prime time after 20 o’clock, the two channel market recorded shares of more than 18 percent. “The audience figures are far above our expectations,” commented ZDF-sport-in-chief Thomas Carter. He was “pleasantly surprised”.

Much celebrated victory of Matteo Trentin in Glasgow

A total of well over 400,000 viewers watched the title fight live in sports towns. About 300,000 visitors and was one of the athletics CHAMPIONSHIP in Berlin’s Olympic stadium. Over 100,000 spectators Attended the arenas in Glasgow, the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome, the Hydro Arena, the Turner and the Tollcross Swimming centre. On Sunday, tens of thousands of Fans lined the route of the road race in Glasgow.

Keen athletes, and emotional high points

Especially the mood in Berlin’s Olympic stadium, the athletes were athletes enthusiastic: “The hot setting has left me inspired and me over the bar worn,” said high jump European champion Mateusz Przybylko. And Pamela Dutkiewicz said after her silver run in the 100 metres hurdles: “I think something I’ll never experience again.”

The were involved the cities directly in the European Championships, proved to be a model of success: 15,000 spectators lined the day the Berlin Breitscheidplatz, where the organizers presented the medals to the successful athletes. 3000 spectators, and the qualification in the ball-saw encounter with the world champion David Storl, who secured later, EM-silver, in a purpose-built small stadium.

Missing the German track and field heroes had a visit from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Why was Mrs Merkel is not there?” the EM asked-Second in the shot put, Christina Schwanitz, in the “Current sports Studio” of the ZDF, and added: “I think it’s pretty bad. As you can see the appreciation.”

This may be better in the future

In four years, the next European Championships are to take place. Then the organizers to comply with the desire of the athletes and the games in just one city will host. Because in Berlin, where the European athletics Championships took place, there was no sign of the synergies between the competitions. Different in Glasgow: With competitions in Golf, Cycling, rowing, Swimming, Triathlon and gymnastics, an atmosphere developed as in the case of small Olympic Games. Co-Initiator Marc Jörg explained that in spite of this issue the impression “than the traditional sports have been discovered species. That was our idea”.

Kim Bui in Glasgow in the final on uneven bars

What would have been the atmosphere from the point of view of the athletes conducive to missing brought What the German gymnast Kim Bui: “that is an athletes village, where you can interact with the Active in other sports.” Marc Jörg, can this understand. “We are only at the beginning. In the future, you can do much better,” said the Swiss. He explained: “Our model is to build, not expensive new buildings. We therefore have to search for intelligent solutions.”

First prospects to 2022 found

After the successful Party, with record attendance Clemens Prokop, head of the organizing Committee called for a re-application of Berlin for the European Championships in 2022. But then for the entire games. Also, the city of Hamburg has an interest in the Event expressed in four years.

Rumors that at the request of the Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, the raceway is to be located in Berlin’s Olympic stadium, to create a pure soccer arena with a better mood, resist Sebastian Coe, President of the world athletics Association IAAF language. “I have met during the European Championships in Berlin Regierendem mayor, Michael Müller, and he has assured me that the train will remain in the future in the Olympic stadium,” said Coe to the daily mirror. A re-orientation in Berlin would be nothing in the way.